NYSE:BGG - Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 18th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, October 3rd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 17th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 15th. The industrial products company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $501.69 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $495.83 million. Briggs & Stratton had a net margin of 1.09% and a return on equity of 10.11%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.46 EPS. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 15th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.35-1.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.93-1.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.92 billion.

5 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Briggs & Stratton's stock. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Briggs & Stratton's stock price to reach $22.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Briggs & Stratton.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Briggs & Stratton in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

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News articles about BGG stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 48.05 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.39%), Brandes Investment Partners LP (5.93%), LSV Asset Management (5.45%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.38%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.16%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Harold L Redman, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Federated Investors Inc. PA, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, ClariVest Asset Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Briggs & Stratton company stock in the last year include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brandes Investment Partners LP, BlackRock Inc., Salem Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Alambic Investment Management L.P. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.12.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $733.42 million and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $56.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,300 workers across the globe.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.